GRANT RECIPIENT TESTIMONIALS
“Receiving this grant has been such a blessing for The Vegan Cheesecake Company,” said Jerica Buchanan, Founder, The Vegan Cheesecake Company. “Our business growth plans were put on hold due to COVID-19, and I was afraid my hard work in starting this company would all have been in vain. Thanks to this grant I will be able to pay off debt, restructure our website for ecommerce, hire a team, purchase equipment, and get the business up and running again.” “This grant ensures a softer landing for us and others to continue to provide natural health and wellness support to our community, “said Rachel Attard, Co-Owner, Medical Mile Massage and Yoga Therapy Center. “It will allow us to rebrand our group fitness studio so we can provide more one to one services. We can hire new staff after losing several. We can pay our two months back rent. Medical Mile Massage and Yoga Therapy Center can continue to be a healthy, selfcare focused outlet that helps people manage the increased stress that has been thrust upon us all. Thanks so much for supporting small business like ours.” “This grant came at the perfect moment for us,” said Danielle Camp of Just Like Home Adult Center. “We are a rather new business, having been opened for only a year and a half. Our business is extremely important to our community, as we are the only adult day center in this county. This grant enabled us the ability to purchase the necessary PPE without concern that we wouldn’t be able to pay our rent because of it. It allowed us to bring back our employees when we opened up full time and with our full client load and have the ability to pay them. Mainly, it gave us a little bit of peace of mind in a stressful, scary, and challenging period of time. And for that, we are truly grateful.” “With the COVID-19 pandemic, Wear Your Curls (WYC) lost out on a lot of opportunities for sales and brand awareness this year,” said Felisha Rodriguez, Founder, Wear Your Curls, LLC. “Because of this I had to shift my sales strategy and plan on using a sizeable part of the grant towards marketing and advertising. Social media has become a popular outlet for many during these unforeseen times, therefore, I am focusing my advertising efforts on these platforms. I will need a team to help me better manage this and so I plan to use part of the grant to hire one or two people to become part of the WYC team, whether it’s a part-time employee or a contractor.”
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